593 results for 'Sanding block'

    Lathe Disc Sander, Part 2(Post)

    This is part 2 of our three part series about building a Lathe Disc Sander. Here's a link to Lathe Disc Sander, Part 1, if you missed it.The lathe provides the motor and frame for our disc sand ...

    Lathe Disc Sander, Part 3(Post)

    At the end of the last blog post, we cut a disc from 3/4" MDF, trued the edge and flattened the face to make a platen that spun true on our lathe. We had also attached the large cloth sandi ...

    There’s Nothing Tacky about Microfiber Cloths(Post)

    Tack cloths have been around for a long time, initially consisting of waxes soaked into fabric, usually cheese cloth. Modern chemistry has improved the dust removal performance and reduced r ...

    The Rusty Days of Summer(Post)

    During the month of August, you "can't swing a dead cat" without seeing some reference to the "dog days of summer". And while we may think of Southern hounds lazing under the porch, too hot to bother ...

    We Love THIS Stuff Too!(Post)

    Ok, we've admitted it before. We tend to think mostly about sanding supplies as they relate to woodworking because that is our background. We do know that many of our customers are using the supplies ...

    Parts is Parts?(Post)

    Around 1904 King Gillette introduced the safety razor. Prior to this a razor was a fairly thick piece of sharpened steel. Gillette teamed up with William Nickerson to invent a very thin disposable st ...

    Using Your Lathe Disk Sander(Post)

    If you've been following along and building your own Lathe Disk Sander, you've already been using it. Typically, most folks just use the flat table to round edges, sand rough cut edges to the lines a ...

    What's with all the Websites?(Post)

    You may or may not know that RJ Stroman, proprietor of our own 2Sand.com runs a number of sanding supply websites, and during a recent conversation I asked him why that is. Here is what he had to say ...

    Too Cool to Not Share(Post)

    OK, we are a sanding supplies company, and although some people might tell you that all we talk about is sanding, that's not quite true. We do have other interests, and this week proves it. We found ...

    Cranial Download(Post)

    Ralph Bagnall of Consultingwoodworker.com is guest blogging this week.As I mentioned in the last blog post, the International Woodworking Fair is next month in Atlanta, and I had promised to talk thi ...

    New Tricks for Old Shop Dogs(Post)

    I know the saying is; "You can't teach an old dog new tricks", but is that really how it works? I am convinced that the 'dog' gets old when he stops learning new tricks. Yes, I am firmly convinced th ...

    Build a Mop Sander, Part 2(Post)

      In part 1 of our mop sander build, we made a template and created several matching sections of Cloth Shop Roll to be assembled into our mop sander. Now we can make the spindl ...